1.1 [--] Gruen Theatre: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
28Sep1951 Fri WHEN New York
17Oct1951 Wed [Independent Long Beach]
starring
Alan Mowbray
Ann Rutherford
Dane Clark
Robert Rockwell
Synopsis:
A dead man returns to this earth to help his widow. [RF]

1.2 [--] Gruen Theatre: THE DRIVEN SNOW
05Oct1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Bruce Cabot
Kristine Miller
Synopsis:
After his release from prison, a convict vows revenge but a pretty Yukon doctor
won't tell the ex-convict
where to find the man he wants to murder. [RF]

1.4 [--] Gruen Theatre: ANGEL
19Oct1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Steve Brodie
Synopsis:
A holdup man takes refuge in a church and through a trusting child finds his way
to spiritual redemption and
rehabilitation. [RF]

1.5 [--] Gruen Theatre: RETURN TO VIENNA
26Oct1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Ruth Warrick
Cameron Mitchell
Synopsis:
An aging operatic diva returns to her native Vienna in an effort to re-capture
her ebbing youth. There she meets
her first love, a prominent surgeon, whom she believes can make her young again
via science and surgery. [RF]

1.6 [--] Gruen Theatre: PERIL IN THE HOUSE
02Nov1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Marjorie Reynolds
John Baragrey
Bert Freed
Synopsis:
A young widow becomes the terrified target of underworld bullets when another
tenant in the house is marked for
gangland extermination. [RF]

1.7 [--] Gruen Theatre: THAT TIME IN BOSTON
09Nov1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Jorja Curtright
Hilary Brooks
Synopsis:
What happens when a little girl tells her mother that she saw her daddy kissing
the attractive woman friend who
is visiting them? [RF]

1.9 [--] Gruen Theatre: THE BALLERINA
23Nov1951 Fri WHEN New York
written by Monroe Manning & John Kohn
Directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Clark Ramsey
starring
Ann Dvorak
Kathleen Case
Brett King
Shepard Menken
David Ahdar
Byron Foulger
Synopsis 1:
The daughter of a famous ballerina makes a smash debut, but is then forced to
choose between the bright future
of a great career as a prima ballerina or the bright future as wife to the man
she loves. She chooses--love! [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A famed ballerina won't allow the marriage of her daughter to a stagehand. [RF]
*Note: Reaired on "Campbell Playhouse" on July 18, 1952.

1.10 [--] Gruen Theatre: THE CASE OF THE CAVORTING STATUE
30Nov1951 Fri WHEN New York
starring
Cesar Romero
Ann Rutherford
Synopsis:
The wife of a lawyer schemes to make her husband a success but ends up making a
blunder. [RF]
*Syndicated rerun on "Famous Playhouse" 24Sep68 WTCN-11 Mpls-St.Paul, Mn 10:30
a.m.

1.11 [--] Gruen Theatre: THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD
06Dec1951 Thurs [San Mateo Times]
07Dec1951 Fri WHEN New York [Syracuse NY]
Teleplay by Axel Gruenberg; Story by Arthur Strawn
Directed by Axel Gruenberg
starring
Gordon Oliver
Marjorie Reynolds
Nan Boardman
Bill Kennedy
John McGuire
John Milton Kennedy
Erin Selwyn
Synopsis:
The worm turns when a complacent husband, bored with his wife, finds that she's
not so unexciting to a very
eligible ex-suitor. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Oliver learns what it is to be happily married even though he is not successful
as a businessman. [RF]
*Syndicated rerun under "Spotlight Playhouse" title Wed. Nov11 53, KSTP-5
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN. JM58

1.12 [--] Gruen Theatre: THE SWAMI
13Dec1951 Fri WHEN New York
Teleplay by Howard J. Green; Story by Norman Archer
Directed by Richard Irving
Director of photography Clark Ramsay
Editor Kenneth Crane
starring
Morris Ankrum
Bernadene Hayes
Whitfield Connor
Joan Creers
Synopsis:
A bride-to-be whose future in-laws are listed in the Social Register, tries to
discourage her father from his
first professional love, fortune telling. [RF]

1.15 [--] Gruen Playhouse: ADOPTED SON
29Jan1952 Tue [Salt Lake Tribune]
05Feb1952 Tue [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Frances Gifford
Gordon Oliver
Dee Pollack
Synopsis 1:
The story of a young boy whose foster parents welcome him to their home but not
their hearts. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of the struggle of an adopted boy to find his place in the hearts of
his foster parents, rather than
being just another fixture in their home. [RF]

1.16 [--] Gruen Playhouse: I SAW IT HAPPEN
19Feb1952 Tue [Long Beach Independent]
21Feb1952 Thur [San Mateo Times]
starring
Robert Hutton
Bonita Granville
Synopsis:
A young man is witness to a murder and is kidnapped by the murdered and finally
released. However, the murderer
returns to threaten the man and his wife. [RF]

1.17 [--] Gruen Playhouse: THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN
04Mar1952 Tue [Long Beach Press-Telegram]
starring
Bruce Cabot
Lynne Roberts
Mona Knox
Synopsis:
The story of a rough and ready gentleman who has fought his way up the hard way
to become the owner of a flourishing
trucking line. A relentless business owner whose only thought is competition and
trying to break down the competition
with crude weapons. His fiancee breaks off with him because of his unorthodox
business methods and attitude and also
leaves behind her the remark that he is "not a gentleman". After some thought on
the matter he consults his secretary
into coaching him how to be a "Perfect Gentleman". [RF]

1.18 [--] Gruen Playhouse: THE BIG RIDE
15Mar1952 Sat [Syracuse Herald]
18Mar1952 Tue [Long Beach Press-Telegram]
Written by Norman Jacobs
Directed by Richard Irving
Director of photography Philip Tannura
starring
Steve Brodie ........ Johnny Collins
Ludwig Donath
Adele Longmire
Margie Miller
Synopsis 1:
A young man arouses his family's suspicions by giving beautiful gifts and large
sums of money. (film) [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Returning home after being away for a year, a young man arouses the suspicions
of his father and sister by flashing
beautiful gifts and large sums of money. [RF]
Synopsis 3:
When Johnny Collins returns home after a year he arouses the suspicions of his
father and sister by flashing beautiful
gifts and large sums of money. [JBeer]
*Syndication airing on "Famous Playhouse" KSTP-5 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN Sat.
27Jun 64 12:30 p.m. CST

2.5 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: A BOY WEARS A GUN
22May1952 DuMont Thur (East Coast)
27May1952 DuMont Tue (West Coast) [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Billy Gray
Francis Ford
Synopsis:
A young man and his grandfather a famed Old West gunfighter teaches the lad how
to use a gun. The parents disapprove
until a drunken sheriff names the village no-good, Mort as his deputy. [RF]

[--] Royal Playhouse: SHIFTING SANDS
29May1952 DuMont Thur

2.6 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: COUNTERPLOT
05Jun1952 DuMont Thur (East Coast)
10Jun1952 DuMont Tue (West Coast) [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Mari Aldon
John Hudson
Norbert Schiller
Synopsis:
An American newspaperman is tortured into signing a "confession". This is
challenged by the Voice of America broadcasts
and an international espionage-agent-for-hire volunteers to help save the man. [RF]

2.9 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: ALIAS TROUBLES
17Jul1952 DuMont Thur (East Coast)
22Jul1952 DuMont Tue (West Coast) [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Lynn Roberts
Synopsis:
The pet name for the family dog is "Troubles" and his 9-year-old master has a
vivid imagination and believes his pet
is a jewel thief. The newspaper headlines bear this out and so the story begins.
[RF]

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East Coast Airing moves from Thursday to Tuesday around here
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[--] 22Jul52 DuMont Tue (East Coast) - no details

2.10 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: THE CORNER SHOP
29Jul1952 DuMont Tue (East Coast)
05Aug1952 [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Ruth Warrick
Craig Stevens
Synopsis:
An antique shop in foggy London is where a man finds after death the one thing
he sought relentlessly in life. [RF]

[--] 05Aug52 DuMont Tue (East Coast) - no details

2.11 [--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: EMERGENCY
12Aug1952 DuMont Tue (East Coast)
19Aug1952 DuMont Tue (West Coast) [Long Beach Independent]
starring
Robert Hutton
Dorothy Patrick
John Hoyt
Synopsis:
A doctor and nurse engage in the scientific pursuit of an insane poisoner of
pets. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
An entire community is victimized by a dog-poisioner but nothing much is done
until a small boy is taken ill from
the same poison used by the dog killer. A relentless fight between a young
doctor, death and the poisoner results
in suspense. [RF]

[--] Gruen Guild Playhouse: UNCLE CHARLEY
Unknown Airdate
written by Howard J. Green
directed by Richard Irving
director of photography Clark Ramsey
starring
Cliff Arquette
Frances Rafferty
Ross Ford
Geraldine Carr
Frank Scannell
Synopsis:
Story of a young farm woman who is vacationing in New York City with her
husband. In order to fool her husband into
believing the trip is a legitimate one (he is nice, but a bit of a tightwad),
she invents a rich Uncle Charley and gets
an escort service to supply her with a suitable man. He turns out to be Cliff
Arquette playing a nice old financier
(he's really a gambler). At the track, he convinces the husband to bet a large
sum of money on a horse that loses.
Feeling terrible, he plays a hunch, wins back the money and gives it to the
couple, thus exposing his true identity. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A non-existent uncle proves to be a real-life problem for a couple.
(Synd. Rerun on Mid-Day Matinee Fri 14Jul61 KEYC-12 Mankato, MN 4 p.m. CDT)[JB]